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The Art of the Boy and the Heron is a must for Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli fans

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Celebrate the artistry of visionary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki with the official art book The Art of the Boy and the Heron.

In Studio Ghibli’s Academy Award®–winning fantasy adventure film, The Boy and the Heron, young Mahito loses his mother and is plunged into a journey of discovery led by a mischievous gray heron. This gorgeous art book is filled with hundreds of pieces of concept art, storyboards, character designs, backgrounds, key animation, and more that illuminate the inventive vision of acclaimed director Hayao Miyazaki.

This book features commentary and interviews from the incredible team that shaped this film and past Studio Ghibli masterpieces. Readers will gain insight into the extensive production process and the painstaking work that went into the creation of this film from supervising animator Takeshi Honda, art director Yoji Takeshige, background artist Noboru Yoshida, and many more. The book also includes the director’s original memos proposing the creation of the film, the full script, and many other intriguing details.

Story: Hayao Miyazaki

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Wonka delivers the sweets with a weekend box office win

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Wonka took the top spot at the weekend box office grossing an estimated $39 million. Internationally, the film blew up with $112.4 million delivering an opening weekend total of $151.4 million.

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes held on to second place with an estimated $5.8 million to bring its domestic total to $145.2 million. Internationally, it grossed $21.7 million over the week to bring that to $144.4 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $289.7 million.

The Boy and the Heron slipped from first to third adding $5.2 million to its domestic total bringing that to $23.1 million. Internationally it added $2.5 million to bring that total to $86.8 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $109.9 million.

Godzilla Minus One slipped one spot to fourth with an estimated $4.9 million. The movie has grossed $34.3 million domestically. Internationally, it added $3.2 million to its total which is now $29.8 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $64.1 million.

Trolls Band Together rounded out the top five grossing an estimated even $4 million to bring its domestic total to $88.7 million. Over the week, it grossed $3.8 million internationally where it has now earned $94.5 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $183.1 million.

In comic film news…

The Marvels added an estimated $514,000 to its domestic total to bring that to a little over $84 million. Things are going a bit better internationally where the film added $2.8 million over the week to bring it to $119.3 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $203.3 million.

The week’s overall box office success…

Numbers have 56 films earning $75,975,634 from 35,513 theaters. That’s a slight improvement from the previous weekend’s $71,131,971 from 41,237 theaters and 59 films. The average earning was $2,139.38 which is about a third more than the previous weekend’s $1,724.96.

The Boy and the Heron wins the weekend box office while Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé falls hard

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The latest Hayao Miyazaki film The Boy and the Heron was a winner taking the weekend box office with $10.4 million domestically. Its domestic total after the first week is $12.8 million. Internationally, the film has grossed $84.2 million for a worldwide total of a little over $97 million. It knocked out Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé which dropped to sixth place after losing 77.1% from its first week despite adding theaters. The concert film came and went quickly…

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes held steady in second place with an estimated $9.4 million to bring its domestic total to $135.7 million. The international total remained steady at $122.7 million for a worldwide total of $258.4 million.

Godzilla Minus One held steady in third place with $8.3 million to bring its domestic total to $25.3 million. Internationally, the film grossed about $3.5 million over the week to bring that total to $26.6 million for a worldwide total of a little under $52 million.

Trolls Band Together remained in fourth place with $6.2 million to bring its domestic total to $83.1 million. Over the week, the film grossed $4.9 million internationally to bring that gross to $90.7 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $173.8 million.

Wish rounded out the top five and added $5.3 million to its domestic total to bring that to $49.4 million. Internationally, the movie grossed $16.5 million over the week to bring it to $56.1 million. Worldwide, the movie has earned $105.5 million.

In comic film news…

The Marvels continues to slide. Coming in twelfth, the film added an estimated $1.3 million to its domestic total to bring that to $82.9 million. Things are going a bit better internationally where the film added $150,000 over the week to bring it to $116.5 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed a little over $199.4 million.

The week’s overall box office success…

Numbers have 59 films earning $71,131,971 from 41,237 theaters. That’s a dip from the previous weekend’s $97,199,355 from 38,462 theaters and 51 films. The average earning was $1,724.96 which is about a third less than the previous weekend’s $2,527.15.